Word: khrushchevism
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Congratulations on making our beloved Pope John the Man of the Year. Of course we are prejudiced, but we also think that objectively you have shown good judgment. Nor do we think he minds sharing the honor with a man of another ilk, Khrushchev, in whom he finds some good and for whose people he prays and hopes for better things...
...Kremlin's Palace of Congresses. Communist bigwigs mingled with diplomats, military leaders and stars of the Soviet cultural elite. Everyone was in high spirits, including Soviet ex-President Kliment Voroshilov, 82, who broke into an impromptu jig when the band played a snappy Russian melody. Genial Host Nikita Khrushchev roared his hearty approval...
...occasion for disharmonious words; so when the time came for speeches, Nikita waved away the latest 20,000-word attack on his policies by Red China. Every family has troubles, Khrushchev declared, gesturing amiably at the Western diplomats in the crowd. "You just get married and you will soon notice that differences develop...
...differences with the West, Khrushchev hoped that 1963 would solve "urgent problems fraught with new crises," a bit of doubletalk about Berlin that could fit any eventuality. The first would probably come at next week's congress of the East German Communist Party, which Khrushchev will attend...
...Kremlin reception, Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev, 68, was presented with a gift designed by the members of the British correspondents' poker club in Moscow: a London-tailored tie of midnight-blue, decorated with golden cupolas symbolically inset with crossed sickles and quills. Nikita did not miss the point, added a touché of his own. "I am delighted," he said, "and I promise to wear it at my next press conference." His last press conference for Western newsmen: July...